SEED AVAILABLE:
- Sow 6 weeks before last frost
- Easy warm germinator
- 7-14 days to germinate
- 25 seeds
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 5
Height: 30cm [1ft] here
Width: 20cm [8in]
Foliage: Grey-green densely covered with white, woolly hairs; basal rosette first year
Flower: Mid summer, silver-white thistles along candelabra of multiple branches
Light: Full sun
Moisture: Average to little
Soil: Average, well-drained
Garden location: Front of border; leave adequate space for shape to develop
Salvia aethiopsis (Mediterranean sage)
C$5.00Price
Salvia athiopsis is an interesting specimen plant and safe to grow here, in Atlantic Canada, now, but is considered an invasive weed in the western US States and must be controlled. Here it is reliable biennial and never reproduces from self-sowed seed. So far.
